Partitioned display container and partition therefor



April 7, 1931. E. o. TINSLEY 4 1,799,656

' PARTITIONED DISPLAY CONTAINER AND PARTITION THEREFOR Filed Dec. 22, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENT'OR Edward O- T1215 22% April 7, 1931- E. o. TINSLEY 1,799,656

PARTITIONED DISPLAY CbNTAINER AND PARTITION THEREFOR Filed Dec. 22, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVIENTOR Edwwdfl. l'mp'le W QM? Ap 1931. E, o. T| NSLEY I PARTITIONED DISPLAY CONTAINER AND PARTITION THEREFOR 4 Sheets-Shet 5 Filed Dec. 22, 1928 zww d 0.

INYENTOR -zzgele BY 7 April 7, 1931. E. o. TINSLEY 1 1,799,656

PARTITIONED DISPLAY CONTAINER AND PARTITION THEREFOR Filed Dec. '22, 1928 '4 Sheets-Sheet 4 15 19 I 17 l 29 *2? v 17 I I 25 2a f 2 f g i I 15 I I I "I I In I 1 I 24 21 I,4 I 7 g 1 l I l I l I I I I I l l l j I): j j nj 1 I I 23 a 8 INVENTOR Edward 0. jzksle I :AT'I'ORNEY Patented Apr. 7, 1931 v UNITED STATES PATENT, oFFIc EDWARD 0. TINSLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Ya,

ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT GAI B comrnmr,

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK \PARTITIONJED DISPLAY CONTAINER AND PARTITION mmmron.

Application filed December 22, 1928. Serial No. 327,804.

may thereafter be opened and sent up for displaying the goods therein, and is commonly known as a counter display container.

One of the objects of my improvement 1s the provision, in a container, of removable 1o partition members therein made up in simple blanks whereby a variety of materials of different dimensions may be shiped and displayed therein in an advertising manner.

Another object of my device is to provide a container and a shipping cover therefor in which the display container portion is arranged with sloping dimensions from the rear to the front thereby to permit easy display and selection of an article therefrom, and to provide means, in a shipping cover therefor, whereby the cover will have a coordinating sloping filler piece arranged to complement the sloping portion of the dis play container when located thereon) in cover position thereby to prevent the goods therein from moving about during shipment.

Another object of my improvement is to provide a standard form of container in which a wide variety of partition or dividing members may be used therein to meet the various exigencies as exemplified by the large variety and contour of articles that may be contained and displayed in such a standard container.

These and other capabilities will be ascertained as the description herein proceeds, and it is obvious that modifications may be made in the device without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the app-ended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the inner display container in perspective and in closed position for shipment.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing'the lid thereof erected in display condition and exposing the interior partition means therein.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one form om partition member.

Fig. 4: is a similar view to Fig. 2 showing a difi'erent type of partition member therein. I

Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof said partition removed from said container.

Fig. 6 is another view similar to Figs. 2

and 4 showing a further modified partition therein.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of said parti-b. tion removed-from the container shown in Fig. I Fig 8 is another form of rectangular'con tamer 1n perspective with the cover removed.

Fig. 9 1s a perspective view of the partition member in Fig. 8 removed. v

Fig. 10 is a blank layout of the partition in Fig. 9. f

Fig. 11 is a blank form of the display container shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6.

Fig. 12 is a sectional view, taken on the line 1212, Fig. 1. Y

Fig. 13 is a blank of the partition member shown inFig. 3;

Fig. 14 is a sectional view of a characteristic cover, taken in transverse section, showrectangular container 1 withv a foldable lid 2 thereon, the lid being foldable, as in Fig.

11, at a score line 3 to incline from the rear] wall towards the front wall of the container ing-the complement partition member there- In Fig. 1, there is disclosed a substantially part extending to the outer end of the lid flap 5 constitutes the complete lid construction, the flap 5 being scored to the lid 2 for folding at a line 6, the latter thus forming one edge of a cover with the flap 5, Fig. 1, folded down over the front of the container to form a locking flap when the display container is inserted into its cover, thus to lock the contents of the box against movement during shipment.

The lid is further provided with an arched cut-out portion 7, the cut-out terminating in two short score lines 8-8, whereby when'jthe lid is folded backWa-rdly on these scored lines The blank portions for forming the box are as follows:

The scored panel 9, Fig. 11, forms the back end portion of the container, the scored'panel 10 forms the front end portion of the con tainer, this panel being scored from the bottom forming panel 11 by a score line 12, the

bottom forming panel 11 being scored by lines 13 and 14, thereby forming twoside panels 15-15 which, when folded upwardly, form the slopin sides of the. container. The side forming e ements 15-15 are provided I at their rear, as at Fig. 11, with a pair of intel-locking rear end forming panels 16-16, these being provided with interlocking tabs 17-17 and being cut away free from the panel 9 as at 18-18, "a continuation of the score line 4 passing out at the outer extremities thereof to these panels 16 as at 17 -17 When bent up in box forming position, these last noted panels 16 form an inner reinforcing back wall in front, of panel 9 as in Fig. 12.

Near the lower end of the forward sloping panels 15, there is formed a pair of semicircular extension tabs 19-19 which are tucked inwardly and act as reinforcing means over which is folded an extension panel 20 which is scored from panel 10 by a score line 21, the panel 20 being also scored for bending at 22 to a slotted panel 23 which is slotted at 24 to provide the panels 23 to straddle a partition member which is hereinafter described when the device is erected.

'At the front end of the panels 15 and cut away completely from panels 10, 20 and 23 there is developed a pair of inner end forming tucking flaps 25-25, these being provided with interlocking tabs 29-29 and being scored away from the panels 15-15 by score lines 26-26 which are in reality extensions of the score line 1.2-.

Thus, all of the score lines are shown including the score lines 27-27 by which the tabs 19 are scored off of panels 15-15 are formed to permit of the angular bending of the various panels to their related members and parts to which they are attached. All out lines as. 7, 18 and 28-28 are for the. purpose of developing out of the blank, Fig. 11, 1

means for forming free panel extensions in conjunction with the folding score lines whereby the parts of the container may be bert up into form, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 an 6.

In bending the container from the blank shown in Fig. 11, the followin' procedure is carried out. Panels 15-15 are rought upwardly on lines 13-14 and panels 16-16 are bent on score lines 17 toward each other and the locking tabs 17-17 engage with one another. I

This forms the inner rear wall of the container on the high side. Then the tabs 25-25 are brought together and their interlocking flaps 29-29 are brought over one another thus forming the front inner wall of the container on the low side. Then the tabs 19-19 are bent inwardly to approach the top line of the interlocking flaps 25-25 and the ,panels 10 and 20 are brought upwardly on the score lines 12, the panel 10 remainin vertical, the panel 20 with the score line 21 orming a fiat seat 20, as in Fig. 2, and the two flaps 23 are thereafter bent inwardly on the score line 22 over the inner edges of the tabs 19 and brought downwardly into the corner of the container as in Fig. 12 at 23. This action then forms the front low end of the sloping container with the sloping inner wall as ully shown in Fig. 12. Thereafter the'lid memthe locking flap for the lid when in closed position and the tucking display panel flap ivpvhen the lid is open in display position as in As the container is herein described, it-is formed into a closed container, but it gives the coordinating effect of one or another of the forms of partition members herein disclosed to coordinate therewith to form a complete container, and this will now be described.

In Fig. 13 there is shown a blank of a partition member as erected in Fig. 3 and it comprises a body portion formed of two panels 126-126 which are cut at an angle to the center score line 127 and have at their rear ends a pair of outstanding panel members 128-128 which are scored from the panels 126-126 by score lines 129 .129. At the front or low end of the partition two triangular panels are developed therefrom 30-30, these being divided by a out line 31 at the center which runs back to th angular scoring 32-32.

' Thus, there is formed from a flat sheet by cutting and scoring, a single blank, the bending of which to fit the container 1 will now be described. Panels 128-128 are bent upwardly on the score lines 129-129' 1 the score'line 6 as indicated in Fig. 1, to form and panels 126-126 are folded downwardly and brought together formingfa single partition member indicated as 33, in Fig. 3, and then the two triangular panels 30 are bent backwardly on their score lines 32-32, thus forming a partition member 110 having a high end and a low end, with two said flaps 23-23 engage over the partition member and when tucked in, as shown in Fig. 12. and thus lock the forward end of the sloping partition firmly into operative position.

The rear panels 128 in their sloping position. then form along their upper edges 34, Fig. 2. with the edges of the container ends 16-16, Fig. 2, a divided opening into which the flap 5 of the lid 2 may be tucked for holding said lid in display position. It will be noted that the panels 128-128 of thepartition member are of such a dimension that they fill the rear end container dimensions from side to side and top to bottom and they further form an inclining sloping wall whereby packages displayed therein may be inclined rearwardly and rest against said wall 128, thereby permitting articles or packages to be displayed therein in inclined position while the container itself sets squarely upon the counter.

In Figs. 4 and 6 the container structure is identical wit-h the construction as described for Figs. 1 and 11, but in both of these figures there is shown a partition member of slightly different proportions and dimensions whereby in Fi g. 4 the partition member 33 is shown as being placed nearer to one side of the display container, thereby creating two compartments therein of unequal dimensions of substantially rectangular shapes whereas in Fig. 1 the partition is shown as dividim the container into two compart- 2'" ments of equal proportions. I

In Fig. 6 a partition is shown which is constructed in its elements similar to that as described for Figs. 3 and 13. except that the proportions are so developed that the partition 33 therein is at an angle from the high rear end to the low front end thereby dividing the container into two equal volumes but in a diagonal manner, the formation of this partition being fully disclosed in perspective in Fig. 7, and it is obvious from the views, Figs. 5 and 7. that they are entirely alike in the elements forming said partitions, except that a slight rearrangement of the proportions thereof permit of dividing the inner container into a different variety of compartments according to the kind of goods required to be shipped and displayed therein.

In order to facilitate the understanding of these various dimensions and for the sake of clearness, the partition members shown in Figs. 4 to 7 inclusive and the components thereof areshown with the same indices as described for the blank shown in Fig. 13 for the reason that they are entirely equivalent but are dimensioned a little differently.

In'F1gs. 8 to 10 inclus ve, there is shown a modified structure in which a plain ordinary rectangular container '36 is provided with a partition member 33 therein shown in perspective but dimensioned in such a manner that the two side forming panels 126 and end forming structed similarly to that disclosed for the blank in Fig. 13 with the exception that the blank in this instance and as shown in Fig. 10 has equivalent members as described for the blank in Fig. 13 with thedifference that this blank is made from a rectangular formation, all of the scores and the elements thereof being indicated for the same numerals as for the blank described for Fig. 13.

It is thus obvious from the foregoing description that I have devised a container which while substantially rectangular in its main dimensions is arranged with a sloping top edge whereby to easily display from the front or low edge thereof packages placed therein and that I have provided a partition member which parta-kes of the same general slope, said member being made from a single blank of a single construction and provided with the stabilizing flapsthereon, said flaps being of such dimension as to hold and maintain the flap in desired vertical position within the container whether it be a straight equally dividing'partition, as shown in Fig. 2 or a diagonal dividing partition as shown in Fig. 6, and that the partition stabilizing means are formed of either flaps 128-128 30-30 as in Fig. 9 or by the flaps 128-128 7 30-30 as in Figs. 3, 5 and 7 It is to be noted that in Figs. 4 and 6 the panel members 23-23 and the slot 24 therebetween is located to accommodate the modified positional relation of the modified partition members 33 shown in Figs. 4 and 6, but that the elements are equivalent as to structure scoring, cutting and folding.

For the purpose of providing a cover which will make the complete covered shipping package purely rectangular, there is shown in Fig. 14 the sectional view of an ordinary cover made of any suitable blank form generally denoted by 38 which consists of side members 39, a top 40 and ends 41 and 42, and across the interior of which and parallel with the top 40 is placed a dividing partition member 43, the angle of which relative to the cover 38 is the same as the front to rear slope of the container shown in Fig. 1, so that when the container is folded and closed as in Fig. 1 and the cover 38 is placed thereover, the partition member 43 rests snuglyupon the closed lid 2, Fig. 1, and holds the lid snugly in locked position and the cover at the same time engages the fiap 5 against the panel 10 and panels 128 and 30-30 are conr joins'the cover and container into a single assembly leaving the entire member as a Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V 1. In a display container of the class described an inner display container, comprising a bottom, sides and ends, one of said ends being higher and the other of said ends being lower, said sides being sloped to conform to the relative heights of said ends, and a loosely fittingcoirer for said container,

- comprising a top, rectangular sides and ends,

and a means for keeping said topparallel to said bottom when said cover is placed on said container. L

. 2. A display container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends,

a foldable display lid therefor, said lid being hingedly attached to one of the ends thereof, one end being higher and the other end being lower, relatively, said sides being slo d to conform to the dimensions of said on s, a rectangular cover for said container comprising a bottom, sides and ends and a false bottom in said cover, said false bottom being angularly inclined to conform to the inclination of the top-of the said container and lid.

3. A container comprisinga bottom, sides and ends, a lid hingedly attached thereto, a

tuclq'ng fla thereon, said container sloping from one 0 its ends to the other at an angle, a dividing partition in said container, the upper edge of which partakes of the slope of the side walls of the said container, and means on said partition cooperating in con junction with one of said ends whereby to hold the lid by said tucking flap in display position.

4. A container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends, and a-foldable display lid hingedly attached to one of said ends, a tucking flap thereon, said container having a slope from'one end to the other, a removable partition therein diag-- onally located within said container, the top edge of said partition partaking ofthe same slope as that of the container, and means on said diagonal partition cooperating with one of said ends whereby to hoId the 11d by said tuck in display position.

5. A container of the class described, comprising a bottom, sides and ends, the sides of said container sloping from one end thereof to the other, and a dividing partition in said container, extending from end to end thereof and consisting of a flat member doubled on itself, the upper ed e of said partition partaking of the slope 0 said sides and the ends of said partition each having thereon panels extending to the sides of the container, thereby retaining said partition in place in said container, the panels at the higher endof said partition being inclined to said container,'extending from end to end thereof and consisting of a flat member doubled on itself, the upper edge of said partition partaking of the slo e of said sides and the ends of said artition aving thereon reach panels, extendm to the sides of the container, thereby retaming 'said partition in place in said container, the panels at each end of said partition being inclined to said sides in a way to facilitate the display of articles in said container, and said panels, with parts of said container adjacent thereto forming substantially triangular structural elements, thereby enhancing the strength and stability of the container. 1

7. A counter display container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends, a lid hingedly attached to one of said ends, a tuckin flap thereon, one of said ends being higher t an the other, thereby forming a high and a-low side, the edges of said sides being sloped. from the high end to the low end, a dividing partition therein, the top edge of said partition conforming to the slope ofthe sides, said partition having end members on opposite ends thereof, said end members being angularly inclined relative to the end of said container. and forming, with the high end of the container and the tucking fla of said lid, a. means to hold the lid in uprlght folded display position.

8. A container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends, a foldable inc display lid hingedly attached to one of said I said container for engaging over the lower ends .of said partition member, thereby to lock the partitlon member in operative position and to stabilize the same.

9. A container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends, a foldable display lid hingedly attached by one of its ends to one of said container ends, one of said ends being higher than the other of said end, thereby formm a high and a low side, the edges of said si es being sloped from the high end to the low end, a dividing partition there- I in, the top edge'of said partitlon conforming to the slo e of the sides, said partition having end ormin members on opposite ends thereof, said en forming members bein angularly inclined relative to the end said container, means carried by the low end of said container for engaging over the lower ends of said partition member, thereby to lock the partition member in operative position and to stabilize the same, and a tucking tab on the other end of said lid whereby to engage between the partition end formin member and the container end on the big side to hold the lid in display position.

10. A container of the class described comprising a bottom, sides and ends, a lid hingedy attached to one of said ends, one of said ends being higher than the other said end, the ed es of said sides being sloped from the high enc l to the low end, a dividing partition therein, the top edge of said partitlon conforming to the slope of the sides, said partition having end members on opposite ends thereof, said end members fitting the sides and bottom of the container ends to be supported unequal lengthswhereby to cause sai thereby, and means carried by the low end of said container for engagingnpver the lower ends of said partition 'mem r, thereby to lock the partition member in operative position in the container.

11. A artition for a container of the class describe comprising a flat member, doubled on itself to form a pair of lies, and end panels at opposite ends of said plies, bent at certain suitable angles to the plane of said partition, for maintaining the same in place in said container, and at other suitable angles to the ends of said partition, for facilitating the display of articles in said container.

12. A artition for containers of the class describe comprising a foldable partition forming member, and integral end flaps on opposite ends thereof, bent at right angles thereto, said end flaps being of unequal dimensions whereby to cause said partition to set in diagonal position when located in a container. a

13. A partition for containers of the class described comprising a foldable dual wall forming member and end flaps on each of the opposite ends thereof op osedly bent at right angles thereto, said en flaps being nt at artition to set in diagonal position, when located in a container.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 21st day of December, A. D. 1928.

EDWARD O. TINSLEY. 

